Education in a technological world. June « 2012. My friend, John Carver, a prominent education leader in Iowa, Skyped me the other day just to kick around some ideas in education that he was considering.
John and I often have discussions about education. Of course my favorite thing about our discussions is that John often likes what I have to say. As always, things came around to the role of technology in education. John has been a leader in the 1:1 laptop movement in Iowa schools. During the course of our discussion we both agreed that there is a need to clarify and agree on quite a few of the things that many of us take for granted. Why we should strive for perfection. This article was first published, in a slightly different form, on the Guardian Teacher Network TEACHERS Is there such a thing as the perfect lesson or the perfect teacher?
Teaching in Flip Flops.